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Type: Book excerpt / memoir / narrative report
File Size: 1.85 MB
Summary

This document appears to be page 38 of a memoir or report, likely by a medical professional (possibly Dr. Arnold Mandell, though not explicitly named on this page) associated with the San Diego Chargers between 1971 and 1975. The text details the use of graphology (handwriting analysis) to evaluate the personalities of NFL players and correlate personality types with success in specific football positions. The page also contains a preceding paragraph discussing personality traits associated with different types of musicians.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Narrator ('I') Team Physician
Served as one of the team physicians for the San Diego Chargers from 1971-1975; conducted handwriting analysis studie...
Unidentified Male ('He') Subject of anecdote
Discussed in the first paragraph regarding his theories on musicians' personalities matching their instruments.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
San Diego Chargers
NFL team the narrator worked for.
National Football League (NFL)
League mentioned in the context of player analysis.
House Oversight Committee
Indicated by the document footer stamp.

Timeline (2 events)

1971-1975
San Diego Chargers Summer Training Camps
Training camps
Narrator San Diego Chargers players
1971-1975
Player Drafts
Unknown
Narrator San Diego Chargers management

Locations (2)

Location Context
Implied location of the Chargers.
Where handwriting samples were stored.

Relationships (1)

Narrator Employment San Diego Chargers
As one of the team physicians of the San Diego Chargers in the years 1971-1975

Key Quotes (4)

"Unbeknown to candidate players and other teams, we used a system of what social scientists call unobtrusive measures of their personalities as part of their evaluations."
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"Using 30 standard signs from the French graphology literature and three trained raters, we evaluated the hand writing characteristics of players"
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"success was more likely when the player’s personality type fit his football position."
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"He claimed that trombonists should be sensually languorous; clarinetists, nervously impatient; double reed instrument players, obsessional and withdrawn; brass players, athletic and exhibitionistic."
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